Search Geography Explorer

Search countries, cities, rivers, lakes, deserts, oceans, islands and more

Fun fact 1 about Kaolack

MedinaBaayMosque
city

Kaolack is the successor city to Kahone, the historic capital of the kingdom of Saloum.

Kaolack
Senegal
Tap to learn more
city

Kaolack

Senegal

Country
Senegal
Population
251.0K
Coordinates
14.15, -16.07
723rd most populous city in the world

Kaolack is a town with a population of 298,904 on the north bank of the Saloum River about 100 kilometres (62 mi) from its mouth and the N1 road in Senegal. It is the capital of the Kaolack Region, which borders The Gambia to the south.

From the “History” section

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photo: Photograph by Joseph Hill, 2001, who contributed the photo with the condition that it be attributed. · CC BY-SA 2.5